Open Heaven 9 April 2018 Monday – WONDERS OF DIVINE BLESSINGS IV

Open Heaven 9 April 2018 Memorise:Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1

Read: Luke 7:37-48 Open Heavens 9 April 2018

37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Open Heaven 9 April 2018

Bible in one year: Joshua 12-14, 1 Thessalonians 4

Hymnal: Sing Hymn 3

OPEN HEAVEN 9 APRIL 2018 MONDAY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

The greatest of all the wonders of divine blessings comes from the blessing of salvation. What does it mean to be saved? How can one be saved? What are the pertinent questions that we will be considering today.

To be saved is to escape eternal damnation which comes as a result of sin. The Righteous God of heaven has declared every man born of a woman guilty of sin. He made His verdict known in Romans 3:23 which says,

“for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”

Not only has mankind been declared guilty of sin, the punishment that awaits him due to this verdict has also been revealed in Revelation 21:8:

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

OPEN HEAVEN 9 APRIL 2018

To be delivered from this declared eternal damnation is nothing short of a wonder of divine blessings. Luke 7:37 – 48 tells the story of the wonder of divine blessings in the life of a forgiven sinner. A woman considered to be a sinner came to acknowledge the saving grace of Jesus Christ, and she did all she could humanly do to express her gratitude to the Saviour of the world, who came to pay the supreme price. The Pharisees were full of indignation because of the act of this woman. They could not understand what it means to be forgiven or what it means to escape eternal damnation. They could not see through what prompted David to pen Psalm 32. The Lord Jesus Christ tried to open their blind eyes of understanding by giving a voice to the actions of this woman. Luke 7:47 says,

“Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”

Beloved, if you desire the wonders of divine blessings, the most profound of them all come through the blessing of forgiveness. When you give your life to Christ, what the Lord said to the woman in today’s Bible reading, He will say to you:

“Thy sins are forgiven.” Luke 7:48

Whoever wants to enjoy the wonders of divine blessings that last forever must plug himself or herself into the blessedness of forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Prayer Point – Open heaven 9 April 2018

Father, I thank you for the forgiveness I receive when I confessed my sins and gave my life to Your Son, Jesus Christ. Please don’t let me be like a dog that returns to its vomit.

OPEN HEAVEN 9 APRIL 2018 MONDAY HYMN

SING HYMN 3 – WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole

again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus:

Oh! Precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my cleansing this I see

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

For my pardon this my plea

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Nothing can my sin erase

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Naught of works, ‘tis all of grace

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

This is all my hope and peace

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

This is all my righteousness

Nothing but the blood of Jesus

RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER’S MANUAL LESSON THIRTY-TWO SUNDAY, 8TH APRIL 2018: DIVORCE: NOT AN OPTION

*SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN*

*1.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth.

*2.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School.

*3.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee.

*4.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee.

*5.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School.

*6.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?

OPENING PRAYER
Father, we rebuke every evil spirit and the peril of end time behind divorce in the name of Jesus Christ.

MEMORY VERSE: “But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.” Matthew 5:32

BIBLE PASSAGE: Matthew 19:3-13

Matthew:19.3
The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for [just] any reason?”
Matthew:19.4
And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made [them] at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
Matthew:19.5
“and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
Matthew:19.6
“So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Matthew:19.7
They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
Matthew:19.8
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew:19.9
“And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”
Matthew:19.10
His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with [his] wife, it is better not to marry.”
Matthew:19.11
But He said to them, “All cannot accept this saying, but only [those] to whom it has been given:
Matthew:19.12
“For there are eunuchs who were born thus from [their] mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept [it,] let him accept [it.”]
Matthew:19.13
Then little children were brought to Him that He might put [His] hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

INTRODUCTION:
Divorce is one of the major problems facing homes today. Divorce is granted to the unbelievers for many reasons such as adultery, cruelty, desertion, drunkenness, and neglect to provide, conviction of criteria, separation, bigamy, incompatibility etc. However, is divorce permissible for Christians? Let us approach this this lesson by attempting to an we a number of questions.

TEXT REVIEW: MATTHEW 19:3-13

Whatever thing which was not in the beginning was not from God because God was the beginning. His word was in the beginning. It was in the beginning God created all things including marriage. Gen. 1:1; John 1; Gen. 1:27,28.; 2:18. The “beginning” was not subject to human pressure like Moses who was pressurised by people to give a commandment, to give a bill or writing of divorcement to put the wife away. Matt 19:7-8. Deut 24:1-2 gave the details of the reasons for the bill. However, verse 4 of this chapter even considered certain aspect of the bills as “abominable to God and could lead the land to sin.” The “beginning” Himself said in Matt 19:8 ‘but in the beginning it was not so”. The consequence of doing what God did not say or commanded would be previous. Such act should be avoided. Jesus is the beginning- Rev. 1:8, Therefore, it is wisdom to do what was in the beginning – Prov. 1:7-8.

LESSON OUTLINES
1. Some Common Questions And Answerd
2. Counsel for Partners in a Shaky Marriage

SOME COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question 1:
Is there any scriptural ground for divorce?

Answers

i. There’s one and only one one reason and that’s fornication. Matt. 19:9.

Question 2:
What does the word “fornication” mean in this passage?

Answers

i. The basic meaning is illicit sexual relationship with a third party.

Question 3.

i. The “innocent partner” should be ready to forgive the “guilty partner” Matt. 16:14-15.Prov.28:13.

ii. Divorce was not the original plan of God for human beings.

Question 4:
How long is a marriage contract?

Answers
i. Until death breaks it. Matt. 19:6.

ii. In marriage, God performs a miracle when two individuals become one person.

iii. Only God is permitted to break that union by taking one of the partners in death.

Question 5:
Can the ‘innocent partner’ in a divorce re-marry ?

Answers
i. It’s doubtful if there is such a thing as an innocent partner in the sight of God.

ii. It’s most likely that the “innocent” partner had failed in some ways.

Question 6:
Why should people avoid divorce like a plague?

Answers
Divorce represents a tragedy that has undermined the home, the very basic of society.
Misery always follows in its path, broken homes, bruised and broken hearts, bewildered, homeless children, delinquent youth, loneliness, tears and at times suicide or insanity.
The couple should consider the welfare of the children who would suffer most and the shame connected with divorce and the scandals that it engenders.
Many Christians look at divorce as sinful, regardless of the circumstances because it is a public admission of utter failure which belittles the power of Christ. Phil. 4:13
Economic disaster often follows divorce and it is the cause of lack of love and happiness in marriage.

Question 7
Can there be love when there is no respect?

Answers
i. The answer is yes, for God loves the unlovely sinner, whom He cannot respect.

ii. Love that is unselfish and Godly can be deep and powerful even with those whom we cannot respect.

iii. With such a love, our marriages would last for life. 1Pet.4:8

CLASS ACTIVITY 1
Explain how love and respect can mutually grow together.

COUNSELS FOR PARTNERS IN A SHAKY MARRIAGE

QUESTION
What biblical counsels are available for partners in a shaky marriage?

ANSWER

i. The husband and wife should renew their solemn vow of, for better for worse till death do them part.

ii. Both should get it right with the Lord first by returning to the Lord in prayer.

iii. Both should get it right with each other.

iv. Both or offending partner should confess sin and genuinely repent.

v. Mutual sharing and understanding would help marriage work.

vi. Spending quality time in prayer both as individual and couple would work wonders. James 5:16

vii. Husbands should assume the status of responsibility and provide for the Family. 1 Tim 5:8.

viii. Wives should be subject to their husbands. Eph. 5:24

ix. Husbands and wives continue to be attracted to each other in genuine love.

x. Genuine love should be allowed to radiate all through the spheres of the marriage.

xi. Determine in godliness to allow the marriage to work despite odd is a good pill for a recovery.

CLASS ACTIVITY 2 Mention those counsels which couples should avoid or reject in marriage.

SUMMARY
Do not give room or consider divorce was a way out of marriage.

CONCLUSION
Genuine love in marriage covers multitude of sins and prevents eventual break up.

CLOSING PRAYER
Father, let divorce be a thing of the past in our society. Please come and heal broken hearts and marriages.

ASSIGNMENT
Identify five (5) negative counsels which may ruin marriage. Give right counsel to counter such negative counsels.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS SATURDAY 7TH APRIL 2018: YOU CAN BE HIS WITNESS

MEMORISE: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Corinthians 2:4

Please read: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

MESSAGE:
As a bonafide member of the Kingdom of God,
you must be a proof of His power to save.

Matthew 1:21 says that Jesus shall save His people from sin. 1 John 1:7 says His blood
cleanses us from all sins. If the power to save was demonstrated in the life of anybody at all, it was in the life of Paul. He could say this because he realised how far he had gone before
Jesus saved him.

What about your life? Can you say that you have observed changes in your life from the time that you received the Lord Jesus Christ?

Where are the evidences of a changed life? Let your life proof that God can transform
lives. The transformation will be brought about by the power of the Holy Spirit. Power simply means
the ability to work. Through the Holy Spirit, you can live a life pleasing and acceptable unto God, and through you, the Spirit of God can work
miracles that will bring others to the Kingdom of God.

Are you ready for God to use you in these last days? Draw closer to the Holy Spirit like
never before.

ACTION POINT:
Win at least one soul to the Lord Jesus Christ
today.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Joshua 20-21
Luke 11:1-28

Hymn 15
1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, 0h, won’t you believe It?
Wonderful story of love.

Chorus:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, Wonderful story of love.

2. Wonderful story of love,
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal-bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.

3. Wonderful story of love:
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of Love.

Because God will do new things

Sinners will be forgiven

Prodigals will come home soon.

Shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Rivers in desert now flowing

Hallelujah to our king.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Sickness and sorrow will be gone

Bondage will be forgotten.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

The barren will be faithful soon

Failure will be forgotten.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Poverty will be forgotten

Stagnancy will soon be gone.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

To all miracles are given

There shall be celebrations

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Many will have testimonies

Of prayer answered fully.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

One of us will chase a thousand

Two will conquer ten thousand

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Songs of praises we will sing

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Friday, April 6, 2018) – Wonders of Divine Blessings 1

1.Thank you, Father, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made by You.

2.Thank you, Father, for all your visible and invisible blessings, in my life.

3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, empower me to walk uprightly before you, and to obey you, in all things, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, let every spirit of lack and poverty, in my life, be terminated and consumed by your fire, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, please, set me up for your divine blessings, today, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, let all your promises for my life be timely fulfilled, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let the heavens assist the works of my hands, and grant me access to your good treasures, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, let your blessings that maketh rich without adding sorrow, be my portion today, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, bless me, make my name great, and make me a blessing to the whole world, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, arise, and fight all the battles of your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Open Heaven 6 April 2018 – WONDERS OF DIVINE BLESSINGS I

Open Heavens 6 April 2018 Memorise: The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand. Deuteronomy 28:12a

Read: Genesis 12:1-3 (KJV) Open Heaven 6 April 2018 Friday

1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Open Heaven 6 April 2018 Friday

Bible in one year: Joshua 6-7, Colossians 3:18-4:18

Hymnal: Sing Hymn 6

OPEN HEAVEN 6 APRIL 2018 FRIDAY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

When the Lord commanded Abraham to get out of his country, away from his kindred and out of his father’s house to go to a land that He was yet to show him, little did Abraham know that he was being set up for divine blessings.

God promised him that He would make him a great nation, bless him and make him a blessing. These promises straightaway introduce us to the wonders of divine blessings. How can a man considered barren become a great nation? The answer lies in divine blessings.

OPEN HEAVEN 6 APRIL 2018

When you take a critical look at God’s promises to Abraham in today’s Bible reading, you will discover that when a man is divinely blessed, his friends are also blessed, and conversely, his enemies are in trouble because they will be divinely cursed! Divine blessings will be your portion today in Jesus’ Name.

When a fellow is divinely blessed, it means the blessings are not a result of struggling. Those who don’t know this or who have not experienced divine blessings before will always think that unless you struggle to the point of breaking your back, you cannot make it in life.

This could not be further from the truth! The notion belongs to the realm of the curse of the first Adam which all children of God through the second Adam, Jesus, have escaped from. There was a brother of ours who received a divine blessing, and when he told others about it, they found it too good to be believed.

One of them even said “This is too good to be genuine!” One of the wonders of divine blessings is that it makes people amazed, even to the point of disbelief. How could Abraham who stated as a wanderer become so blessed that he could kill a whole calf to entertain a group of casual visitors numbering only three (Genesis 18:7)? Here is the testimony of Abraham’s servant on the extent of his master’s blessing in Genesis 24:35:

“And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herbs, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.”

Heaven will assist a man or a woman that is divinely blessed by sending what he or she needs in due season (Deuteronomy 28:12).

I pray for you that whatever represents rain in your life will fall on you today in Jesus’ Name. However, you must be a friend of God like Abraham, walking with God in complete obedience to make this a reality in your life (Genesis 17:1).

Prayer Point – Open Heaven 6 April 2018 Friday

Father, please let heaven assist the works of my hands, and grant me access to Your good treasures in Jesus’ Name.

OPEN HEAVEN 6 APRIL 2018 FRIDAY HYMN

SING HYMN 6 – A NEW THING

(Tune: There shall be showers of Blessing)

We will soon shout Halleluiah

Because God will do new things

Sinners will be forgiven

Prodigals will come home soon.

Chorus:

Shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Rivers in desert now flowing

Hallelujah to our king.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Sickness and sorrow will be gone

Bondage will be forgotten.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

The barren will be faithful soon

Failure will be forgotten.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Poverty will be forgotten

Stagnancy will soon be gone.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

To all miracles are given

There shall be celebrations

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Many will have testimonies

Of prayer answered fully.

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

One of us will chase a thousand

Two will conquer ten thousand

We will soon shout Hallelujah

Because God will do new things

Songs of praises we will sing

Hallelujah to our King.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS THURSDAY 5TH APRIL 2018: GOD HAS A RE PLACEMENT I

MEMORISE: And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this
day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 1 Samuel 15:28

Please read: 1 Samuel 15:1-28

MESSAGE:
God has a replacement for every person who He gives a task or an assignment to. In His infinite wisdom, God has lots of alternatives in the event that the person who He gives a task refuses to carry out that task.

Using King Saul as a case study, God instructed him to completely destroy
the Amalekites, but in his foolishness, he decided to selectively obey God’s instructions which ultimately led to his being replaced by David.

Whenever God gives you an instruction, you should listen carefully to what He says and do your best to obey that instruction to the letter so that God does not replace you.

The danger of being replaced by God is that the presence of God leaves the life of the person who has been replaced.

When the presence of.God is no more with a person, demons will come
and torment that person as was the case of Saul as seen in 1 Samuel 16:14. May God never replace you, and may His presence never depart from you!

ACTION POINT:
As a child of God, do everything within your power to always please God and obey Him.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 15-17
Luke 10:1-24

Hymn 2
1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His
Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the
skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

4.But we never can prove the delights of His
love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His
feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will
go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Wednesday, April 4, 2018) – TIME TO SHOW YOUR FACE

1.Thank you, Father, for making me the light and the salt of the world.

2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, restore your glory, honour, authority and dominion, upon my life, that sin has taken away, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, renew my strength and restore my hope; empower me to complete and fulfill my assignment, here on earth, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, empower me to do your work in the day time, when there is light, in Jesus’ name, because the night cometh, when no man shall work.

6.Father, create opportunities for me to shine; take me from obscurity to limelight, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, let every satanic limitation, hindering me from arising and shinning, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus’ name.

8.I will arise and shine, because, the glory of the Lord has risen upon my life, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, deliver and set me free from every spirit of fear, holding me captive and preventing me from shinning and doing exploits for you, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, as the light of the world, let every form of darkness within and around me, be subdued and chased away, in Jesus’ name.

11.I take authority over demons, over principalities, over powers; over spiritual wickedness in high places; I subdue and render them powerless, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, grant all the heart’s desires of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, in Jesus’ name.

13.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
14.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL 2018: SOWER OR EATER

MEMORISE: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken
together, and running over, shall men give into you bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:38

Please read: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

MESSAGE:
Being the son of a farmer, I grew up learning the
principles of farming, and I have discovered that
those same principles are very relevant to our
own lives.

In those days, I realised that the
quantity of seed that you could sow was determined by the size of your farm and the
proportion of the harvest you were willing to sacrifice.

The reason some people were richer
than others in my village was because they were willing to sacrifice large portions of their
harvests for sowing, they also had bigger farms than others.

Today, the proportion of the money you are
willing to sacrifice will determine how wealthy you will be in the future. As a teenager, this is
the best time to start sowing into your future.
Put some money aside for a skill acquisition
course, sow into God’s work, open a bank account and save money there, sow into the lives of already successful people. Be more
willing to sow than you are to eat, and you will see the great harvest that will come in the
future.

KEY POINT:
What you sow may leave your hand for a while, but it will return in many folds soon.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 12-14
Luke 9:37-62

Hymn 3
1. There shall be showers of blessing
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing
Sent from the Savior above

Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drop ’round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

2. There shall be showers of blessing
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.

3. There shall be showers of blessing
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us a refreshing;
Come now and honour Thy Word.

4. There shall be showers of blessing
Oh that today they might fall,
now as to God we are confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!